The track's owner made the comment that "trained monkeys" could sell programs. TMS President Eddie Gossage called his bluff, even though the monkeys spent more time ripping up programs for fun than handing them to paying customers.

Thirty laps later, Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon bumped on a caution lap. Burton said later he was trying to catch up to Gordon to apologize for an earlier run-in, but regardless, Gordon wasn't happy and the two exchanged words, then swings.